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Thanks, peter
Peter Neumann introduced me to another Peter, the author of this delightful lil’ missive below. Thanks P^2. [5] Elias, P., “Two famous papers” (Editorial), Sep. 1958, p. 99. TWO FAMOUS PAPERS PETER ELIAS It is common in editorials to discuss matters of general policy and not specific research. But the two papers I would like…
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the umbrella man
Or… sometimes a pipe is just a pipe. I’ve long had an admiration for errol morris, a filmmaker who seems to just keep getting better (I hate him too!) – his The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara was (and is) just a marvel. But his writing for the NYT…
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answer & die
A series of events happened lately that caused me to reflect on how simple it would be to kill someone by phone call… or instant message… or perhaps by simply watching a video on a computer or television, ala The Ring (or Ring/リング), where if you watch a videotape you’ll die a week after. Or…
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breaking wind down
Here’s a killer visualization: http://hint.fm/wind/ It’s a living graphic that provokes and rewards curiosity (zoom in and out, look at the eddies and whorls) as well as teaches. Really astonishing. Probably will go away someday, but check this out (the real one @ the link moves ;)) This one does just about everything right.…
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restoring mysql tables….
Note to self… use this perl program+backup…. http://blog.tsheets.com/2008/tips-tricks/extract-a-single-table-from-a-mysqldump-file.html And since things break over time… the program. Not mine, use at your own peril, etc… just don’t ask why I needed it…. extract_sql Attachments extract_sql (ERROR)